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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 558
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 203.17 Crore
More than 36 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 203.17 Crore  today. More than 36 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10411435
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2nd Dose
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10088402
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Precaution Dose
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6241336
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18430028
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2nd Dose
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17667901
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Precaution Dose
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12013648
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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38746156
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2nd Dose
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27452440
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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61091619
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2nd Dose
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50790342
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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559388295
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2nd Dose
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508195084
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Precaution Dose
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18613209
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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203663121
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2nd Dose
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195145722
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Precaution Dose
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12941492
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127425416
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2nd Dose
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121945273
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Precaution Dose
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31500317
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1019156070
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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931285164
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Precaution Dose
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81310002
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Total
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2031751236
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 27th July, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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126
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2nd Dose
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678
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Precaution Dose
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21457
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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226
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2nd Dose
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1010
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Precaution Dose
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52758
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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66387
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2nd Dose
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125442
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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21528
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2nd Dose
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63122
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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36326
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2nd Dose
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165086
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Precaution Dose
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1651127
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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6687
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2nd Dose
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37138
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Precaution Dose
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980899
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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4050
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2nd Dose
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222330
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Precaution Dose
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384486
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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135330
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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414806
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Precaution Dose
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3090727
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Total
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3640863
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Defence
CAS VISIT TO BENGALURU
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff  visited IAF units and flight test establishments/ facilities of DRDO and HAL at Bengaluru on 23 & 24 Aug 21. On arrival, CAS was received by AVM Jeetendra Mishra VSM, Commandant Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment .
During his visit to ASTE, CAS was given an overview of ongoing projects and briefed on progress of operational trials. During his interaction with personnel, CAS spoke of the unique and challenging role of ASTE, noted its laudable achievements and reemphasised the need for staying ahead of the curve in order to leverage its expertise in delivering the requirements of IAF Operational units.
CAS also visited Software Development Institute , the unit tasked for undertaking development of avionics software. He noted that the sustained focus on critical projects by the Institute had contributed significantly in increasing the operational and functional capability of IAF. CAS outlined his vision for SDI to move towards software indigenisation for integration of various weapons on IAF aircraft and achieving self-reliance in enhancing combat potential.
As part of the visit, CAS met and interacted with the test crew and engineers of Aeronautical Development Agency , DRDO and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited . CAS underscored the crucial role of both the establishments in furthering the shared goal of building an indigenous aviation industry capability of meeting our future requirements.
During his visit to Bengaluru, CAS flew in an IOC LCA Tejas.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
NMCG receives ‘Special Jury Award’ in recognition of the significant work done for Ganga rejuvenation
The Jury “recognizes the extremely important work NMCG is engaged in, to bring about a paradigm shift in water management, even as they endeavour to revive river Ganga”
The National Mission for Clean Ganga was awarded the ‘Special Jury Award’ at the 7th India Industry Water Conclave and 9th edition of FICCI Water Awards, held virtually, from 2nd to 3rd March, 2022.
The distinguished Jury of the FICCI Water Awards consisting of eminent people such as Dr. Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor, Shiv Nadar University and Chair of the Jury, Prof. A.K. Gosain, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Delhi, Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, Founder Trustee and Executive Director Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management , and Mr. VK Madhavan, Chief Executive, WaterAid India acknowledged the significance of NMCG’s work in Ganga rejuvenation.
The citation with the Award reads: ‘The Jury wishes to recognize the extremely important work NMCG is engaged in, to bring about a paradigm shift in water management, even as they endeavor to revive river Ganga. The Jury would like to emphasize the need to work even further on involving primary stakeholders to build a real Jan Andolan around the river Ganga and to pay greater attention to bringing together all departments and agencies whose joint efforts are needed to revive the river Ganga, recognizing that rejuvenating the river requires working on its entire riverscape, with its inter-connected hydrological and ecological systems, not limited only to the main stem of the river but also including all different orders of streams and their catchments, as also the aquifers that provide base-flows to the river’.
The Citation underlines the complexity of the task of rejuvenation of the entire Ganga basin and the importance of engaging with diverse stakeholders particularly the people-river connect which forms the basis of NMCG’s approach to the challenging task.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Construction work in full swing at Passenger Terminal Complex of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, Dera Baba Nanak, Punjab
The construction work on the Rs 500 crore Passenger Terminal Complex at Dera Baba Nanak, Punjab for Kartarpur Sahib Corridor is going in full swing. Construction work is being carried out by the reputed company M/S Shapoorji&PallonjiPvt Ltd under the supervision of Land Ports Authority of India ,MHA. The project will be completed by 31st October, before the commemoration of 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in November 2019.
The Passenger Terminal Complex is being built on 15 acres land. It will have all public amenities to enable smooth passage of approximately 5,000 passengers per day.
Features of Passenger Terminal complex
- Fully air-conditioned building of 16000 Sqms approximately . The main building which is akin to airport buildings will have:-
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- 54 Immigrations counters for facilitating travel of 5000 pilgrims per day.
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- Adequate seating capacityto accommodate 2000 pilgrims.
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- All necessary public amenities likekiosks, washrooms, child care, first aid medical facilities, prayer room and snacks counters inside main building.
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- Spacious parking lotsto station 10 buses, 250 Cars, and 250 two- wheelers.
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- Robust security systems with CCTV surveillance and public address systems.
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- Landscape area with water bodies, artefacts, sculptures of local culture, shaded seating spaces, canopies, benches up to zero point etc.
- A 300ft. National Monumental Flag at the International Border.
The Construction work for the Passenger Terminal Complex is in full swing with more than 250 laborers and 30 engineers at site working in 3 shifts, aided by construction machinery such as batch mixing plant.
Excavation for the foundation is nearly complete for the whole complex while the plinth and column RCC has already started for the main passenger building. Works are being executed in parallel to ensure simultaneous completion of different activities.
The construction of this pre-engineered building mainly envisages the plinth, foundation and columns while rest of the steel structure would be fabricated separately at other factory locations and directly transported to the site and installed.
Vendors and subcontractors for mechanical, electrical and plumbing works have been finalized and the orders for the steel structure, glazing and aluminum sheeting for roofing have been placed. Vendor for air-condition, heating & ventilation has also been finalised.
Architecture schools at Amritsar have been consulted for the display of the rich Punjabi heritage, the life and works of Shri Guru Nanak Devji in the state-of-art building and for the landscaping of the complex.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘5.09% GS 2022’, Auction for Sale  of ‘5.77% GS 2030’, Auction for Sale  of ‘GoI Floating Rate Bond 2033’, and Auction for Sale  of ‘ 6.80% GS 2060’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.09 per cent Government Stock, 2022’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘5.77 per cent GS, 2030’ for a notified amount of Rs 18,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’ for a notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘6.80% Government Stock, 2060’ for a notified amount of Rs 5,000 crore  through price based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 2,000 crore against each of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on September 11, 2020  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on September 11, 2020. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on September 11, 2020  and payment by successful bidders will be on September 14, 2020 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of mathematician and Padma Shri Awardee, Shri RL Kashyap
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of mathematician and Padma Shri Awardee, Shri RL Kashyap.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"Shri RL Kashyap was a multifaceted personality and great scholar. He was blessed with rich mathematical and scientific knowledge. He was very proud of India’s cultural roots and distinguished himself in Vedic studies. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Finance
Taxpayers’ Lounge is being set up by Income Tax Department at Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show , Gujarat, 2019
Ahmedabad, 10-01-2019
A Taxpayers’ Lounge is being set up by the Income Tax Department in Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show  held in Gujarat from 18th to 22nd January, 2019 for fostering public awareness regarding various services provided by the Income Tax Department to the Taxpayers and also to educate them for ensuring better compliance of Direct Tax Laws.
Several Taxpayer Lounges have been set up in the past at New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata .
The Taxpayers’ Lounge also seeks to create a bond between the Department and the target group, school-going children and students. Keeping this objective in mind, various activities will be carried out in the Taxpayers’ Lounge.
The various facilities/activities usually provided at the Taxpayers’ Lounge is as follows:
- Apply for PAN, Aadhar-PAN linking and PAN related queries.
- e-filing and Form 26AS related queries.
- Availability of services of Tax Return Prepares, free of cost.
- Taxpayer Information Series brochures on various topics, available both in e-format and paper format.
- Taking online pledge to support Clean Money movement.
- Virtual Reality Game  to convey the importance of paying Income Tax to younger age-group visitors, in an engaging manner.
- Nukkad Natak, Quiz, magician and caricature artist etc. to make the public aware about the need to pay taxes and their contribution to nation building.
- viii. Drawing competitions for young children accompany visiting adults.
The Lounge will also be utilized to obtain feedback about the problems being faced by the taxpayers. The Lounge is therefore not only a focus outreach program but also a platform for enhancing the brand value of the Department among the residents in Gujarat.
NP/J.Khunt/GP
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
I would urge upcoming animators to attend more and more festivals like Mumbai International Film Festival and keep on learning – Renowned animator Michael Dudok De Wit
Mumbai: 30 Jan 2020
"Both passion and logical thinking drives one to make films as one can not work without the other. Animation is only about doing it, be it doing designs, writing scripts or penning down ideas”, said Oscar award winning animator, Michael Dudok De Wit in a conversation with the media at the Film Festival today. "I would urge upcoming animators to attend more and more festivals like Mumbai International Film Festival and keep on learning", he added.
While talking about animation created through CGIs, he said he is a hand-drawn animator and that hand-drawn animation is loved by everyone even though CGI seems to be taking over. Talking about his experience in India he told the media about his previous visits back in 1989 and the time he visited Varanasi, calling it "the most intense city" on the planet. He was much influenced by Satyaji Ray’s movie Appu Trilogy, which made him decide visiting India one day to experience the ambience and rich culture.
His film Father and Daughter won the Academy Award for Best Short Film . His film The Red Turtle  was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The film, The Red Turtle will be screened during the festival.
Suresh Eriyat a popular Indian animator who created many animation movies through his Studio Eeksaurus. Nileema Eriyat, his wife and partner of Eeksaurus shared her experience about being in animation industry in India and abroad for that last 20 years. "Animation is still fairly new in India whereas the West has animation in films since a long time now. When my husband and I started this as career, there were only a few number of animators”, she said
Suresh Eriyat’s animation film Tuk Tuk and Fisherwoman won National Award.
K.S/DL/P.M
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Ministry of Defence
Encouraging Response to opening of Ayurveda treatment Facilities at 12 AFMS Hospitals
More than 700 patients have availed Ayurveda facilities recently opened in 12 Armed Forces Medical Services  hospitals in the last six weeks. Most of these patients have been suffering from chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, skin disorders, digestive problems arthritis, bronchial asthma etc.
It may be recalled that Ministry of Defense has integrated Ayurvedic treatment into Healthcare Establishments under the ministry and accordingly 12 AFMS hospitals have started offering Ayurveda OPD treatments with effect from 1st June 2022. These hospitals are Command Hospital , Kolkata, Command Hospital , Pune, Command Hospital , Lucknow, Command Hospital , Chandimandir, Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment, Base Hospital Guwahati, Military Hospital Jammu, Military Hospital Jaipur, Military Hospital Jabalpur, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru and Air Force Hospital Hindon.
Qualified doctors and pharmacists have been appointed by the DGAFMS at these hospitals in conjunction with the Ministry of Ayush. Ayurveda medicines have also been made available at these centers free of cost. The dependents of serving personnel, veterans and their dependents are entitled to avail this facility.
Joint research projects between the Armed Forces Medical Services and Ministry of Ayush are being planned which would be beneficial for the serving personnel of the Armed Forces.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Zero Budget Natural Farming
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research initiated a study on Evaluation of Zero Budget Natural Farming practices in Basmati/ coarse rice-wheat system from Rabi 2017 at 4 locations namely Modipuram, Pantnagar, Ludhiana, Kurukshetra .
Also as per information available, the details of States practicing ZBNF are as follows:
- Karnataka – has initiated implementation of ZBNF on pilot basis in an area of 2000 ha in each of the 10 Agro Climatic Zones of the State through the respective State Agriculture/ horticulture Universities as demonstrations/ Scientific experimental trials in farmer’s fields and in the research stations of the concerned universities.
- Himachal Pradesh - is implementing State funded scheme ‘Prakritik Kheti Khushal Kisan’ since May, 2018, the details of which are as: 2018-19- 2669 farmers, Area: 357 ha.
2019-20- 19936 Farmers, Area: 1155 ha.
- Kerala – only awareness programmes, trainings and workshops to draw interest of farmers towards ZBNF has been imparted.
- Andhra Pradesh - launched ZBNF in September 2015 under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana. Rythu Sadhikara Samstha , Govt. of Andhra Pradesh is conducting experiments to generate the scientific evidence of the ZBNF in collaboration with University of Reading, UK World Agro forestry Centre, Nairobi, FAO & resource NGOs/Civil Society Organizations like Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad.
- Himachal Pradesh: The findings of studies conducted by the state indicated that ZBNF practice showed an improvement in soil quality within a single cropping season and incidence of Invasive leaf miner was significantly less in ZBNF system as compared to the organic farming and conventional farming.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 56.64 Cr
Recovery Rate  at its highest since March 2020
36,401 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  lowest in 149 days
Active cases constitute 1.13% of total cases; lowest since March 2020
Daily Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 24 days
With the administration of 56,36,336 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the figure of 56.64 Cr  yesterday. The feat has been achieved through 63,13,210 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,52,028
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2nd Dose
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81,56,910
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,82,95,288
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2nd Dose
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1,23,75,946
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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20,84,79,874
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2nd Dose
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1,73,21,864
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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12,05,14,789
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2nd Dose
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4,73,45,647
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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8,24,60,190
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2nd Dose
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4,11,85,897
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Total
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56,64,88,433
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.
The recovery of 39,157 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,15,25,080.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.53%, the highest since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for fifty-three consecutive days now.
Just 36,401 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
High recoveries and a low number of new cases have subsided the Active Caseload to 3,64,129 which is at its lowest in 149 days. Active cases presently form only 1.13% of the country's total Positive Cases which is the lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 18,73,757 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 50.03 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.95% remains less than 3% for the last 55 days now. The Daily Positivity rate also stands at 1.94%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 24 days and below 5% for 73 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism has set up a 24x7 Multi-Lingual Tourist Info-Helpline in 12 Languages including 10 international languages: Shri G. Kishan Reddy
Safety and security of tourists is essentially a State Government subject. However, Ministry of Tourism is well aware of the security concern of the tourists and has taken all possible measures to provide a safe and secure atmosphere for the tourists.
In the past, Ministry of Tourism has taken up the matter with all the State Govts/Union Territory  Admins. and has reiterated the aspect of providing a safe and secure environment to tourists. In case any such untoward incident occurs against a tourist, there should be a robust system of law & order to handle the situation and provide a satisfactory solution to the affected tourists.
With the efforts of Ministry of Tourism, the State Governments/UT Administrations of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh have deployed tourist police in one form or the other.
Ministry of Tourism got a study conducted by Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management , an autonomous institute under its control, to understand the requirement of tourist police and sensitizing the tourist police so created towards the needs of the tourists. Ministry of Tourism forwarded a copy of this Study report titled “Functioning of Tourist Police in States/UTs & Documentation of Best Practices” to all the State Govts/UT Admn. with the request to create a separate unit of police in the respective States/UTs and also to sensitize them about the needs of the tourists.
Ministry of Tourism has been seeking support of the Ministry of Home Affairs for taking up the matter with the State Governments.
To develop a comprehensive framework, Bureau of Police Research and Development  commissioned a study on Tourist Police Scheme. Ministry of Tourism has organised a National Conference of DGs/IGs of Police Department of the State/UT Administration on 19th October, 2022 at New Delhi to implement the uniform Tourist Police Scheme at pan India level.
The Ministry of Tourism has set up a 24x7 Multi-Lingual Tourist Info-Helpline on the toll free number 1800111363 or on a short code 1363 in 12 Languages including 10 international languages , Hindi English for domestic and foreign tourists to provide support service in term of information relating to Travel in India and to offer appropriate guidance to tourists in distress while travelling in India.
The Ministry of Tourism along with all stakeholders, including the Tourism Departments of all States and UTs, have adopted the 'Code of Conduct for Safe & Honourable Tourism' which is a set of guidelines to encourage tourism activities to be undertaken with respect for basic right like dignity, safety and freedom from exploitation of both tourists and local residents in particular, women and children.
This information was given by Minister of Tourism Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.